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Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism: The Third Karmapa and the Invention of a Tradition Gamble, Ruth (David Myers Research Fellow, David Myers Research Fellow, La Trobe University)
Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism: The Third Karmapa and the Invention of a Tradition
Gamble, Ruth (David Myers Research Fellow, David Myers Research Fellow, La Trobe University)
Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism examines how the third Karmapa hierarch, Rangjung Dorjé (1284-1339) transformed reincarnation from a belief into a Tibetan tradition. It surveys his life through the portal of his previously untranslated autobiographical stories and songs, which reveal how his contribution to this tradition's invention.
344 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 6, 2018 |
| ISBN13 | 9780190690779 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 340 |
| Dimensions | 243 × 168 × 27 mm · 598 g |
| Language | English |